noun · feminine

bēthsaida

GreekΒηθσαϊδά (bēthsaida)

Strong’sG966

Bethsaida

stem bēthsaid-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Bethsaida5×

What it means

Βηθσαιδά (Rec. -σαϊδά), and -δάν (Mt 11:21, Mk 6:45 8:22), ἡ, indecl.

(Syr., house of fish),

Bethsaida, a town on NE. shore of the Sea of Galilee: Lk 9:10. It is generally supposed that a second Β. on the W. shore is referred to in Mt 11:21, Mk 6:45 8:22, Lk 10:13, Jo 1:45 12:21 (DB, i, 282 f.; but v. Swete on Mk 6:45).

2. v.l. for Βηθζαθά, Βηθεσδά, Jo 5:2.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G966 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbayth-sahee-dah'

fishing-house; Bethsaida, a place in Palestine

Fromof Chaldee origin (compare and );

King JamesBethsaida.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	bēthsaida	bēthsaida
object accusative	bēthsaida1×Βηθσαϊδά	bēthsaida
direct address vocative	bēthsaida2×Βηθσαϊδά	bēthsaida
of, belonging to genitive	bēthsaida2×Βηθσαϊδά	bēthsaida
to, for dative	bēthsaida	bēthsaida

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

bēthsaidastem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

bēthsaida“Bethsaida”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 9:10“Bethsaida”Kai hupostrefaratois tois apostolois diēgela auto hoseim poiala. kai paralambaratos autoin hupochōrata kata idian eis politan kalirōtan Bēthsaida.Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.

bēthsaida“Bethsaida”direct addressvocative singular2×

Matthew 11:21“Bethsaida”Ouai si, Chorazin; ouai si, Bēthsaida; hoti ei en Tura kai Sidōna ginela tais dunamiais tais gineratais en vi, palai an en sakko kai spoda metanoala.“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13“Bethsaida”Ouai si, Chorazin; ouai si, Bēthsaida; hoti ei en Tura kai Sidōna ginila tais dunamiais tais gineratais en vi, palai an en sakko kai spoda katherōtois metanoala.Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

bēthsaida“Bethsaida”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

John 1:44“Bethsaida”ate de tos Filippos apo Bēthsaida, ek tau politau Andreou kai Petrou.Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

John 12:21“Bethsaida”houtois oun proserchala Filippo to apo Bēthsaida tau Galilaiau, kai erōtale auton legarōtois; Kurior, thelanō ton Iēsun horara.They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”